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Changes in Cultural Development under Economic Growth: Tradition, Individual Values and Social Ethical Framework

Zihan YanShanghai Pinghe School*

* Corresponding author: [email protected]

Abstract

Currently, the impacts generated from the rapidly evolving economy is under the limelight across the globe, which plays a pivotal role in shaping social conditions. Economic growth has been widely analyzed as a driving force behind improvements in living standards, healthcare, education, and individual opportunities. Meanwhile, it cultivates diverse cultural transformations, presenting challenges to the safeguarding of traditional values and the maintenance of local identities. A significant concern emerging in contemporary discourse is the dual impact of economic advancement, which serves both as a driving force for modernization and as a constraint that endangers the cultural sustainability of minority communities. The article presents the complex relationship between economic growth and cultural development. Economic growth, measured by GDP, is crucial for enhancing living standards and access to education in a society, but it also leads negative impacts on societal traditions, individual values, and social ethical framework. The balance between benefits of economic growth and preservations of cultural identities and values should be emphasize, which inspires further research to focus on a developing a method for such sustainable development.

Keywords: Economic growth; Culture; Education; Social values; Women empowerment.
Published: November 26, 2024
DOI: 10.54254/2753-7064/51/20242553
Volume: CHR Vol.51
pp. 123-128
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